PROGRESS being made to improve treatment facilities for about 1,200 people in Ireland with cystic fibrosis (CF) was described as “frightfully slow” by a leading campaign group.

A WOMAN with cystic fibrosis (CF) was asked to pose for a photograph 10 years ago at a site earmarked for new treatment facilities which have yet to be developed.

CYSTIC fibrosis sufferers could die if the State fails to protect them from potentially fatal hospital bugs, a campaign group warned yesterday.